Lake Where?

Jav and I got to get away for two days and nights early last week.  We had decided to try a lake house, and I really intended to get a little more into East Texas and the pine trees.  We picked a beautiful spot on Lake Tawakoni, which is only about an hour outside of Dallas.  We packed up the car like we were leaving for two weeks, dropped off Gabriel at Jav's parents' house, and headed East (just barely).  When we drove into the gates of our hosts' private property, it was one of the few times in life where the expectations meet up with the reality.  It was right on the water, surrounded by trees and nature.  

We were thinking of driving around the lake for lunch one of our days, but we ended up parking ourselves there until we headed back home.  We could have checked out the lake in the paddle boat provided for guests.  We could have fished (Tawakoni is considered one of the best but unknown places to fish in Texas).  But it just seemed like too much effort.  I had a little trouble with guilt over leaving Gabriel, and just plain missing him, but after we called the first morning and he seemed to be having a blast I was able to relax more.    

We had two great dinners (steaks one night, rosemary chicken the next), with sides purchased at a local Farmer's Market on the way there.  We had a huge breakfast the first day, and lunched on sandwiches, salt and vinegar chips and coconut macaroons.  We took naps.  We actually watched whole movies at a time (four of them over our two-day stay).  We spent hours just sitting on our porch watching the cranes.  We read books.  We sat outside late at night listening to all the crazy insects and frogs and marveling at how many stars are actually in the sky.  In other words, we successfully and completely de-stressed and chilled out.  It was great.

It was something we will, I'm sure, need to do again.  The website for our cabin is www.cottageonlaketawaloni.com.